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G. A. MACKER.

BOOT OR SHOE.

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GEORGE A. MACKER, OF MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOT OR SHIGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent" No. 391,478, dated October23, 1888.

Application filed July 30, 1888. Serial No. 281,469.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. IVIAOKER, of Marlborough, county ofMiddlesex, State of Massachusetts,have invented an Improvement in Bootsor Shoes, of which the following description, in connection with theaccompany ing drawings, is a specifiation, like letters on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

In the manufacture of boots and shoes as now carried on it is customaryto place between the pieces constituting the top or quarters of the shoeat its heel end a narow strip of leather, said strip being stitched inthe vertical heelseam while the latter is being made, the faces of theleather being in contact. The stitching completed, the connectedquarters are opened or laid out, and thereafter the projecting portionof the said narrow strip is cut away by means of a tool, and the edge soleft is blackened and is rounded by a rubbing action, all these stepsbeing necessary and usual to make a finished seam. In coarse shoes asimilar seam is made between the vamp and quarterpieces.

In my efforts to reduce the cost of manufacture of shoes withoutreducing their strength or durability I have discovered that I maymaterially cheapen shoes by employing for the filling-piece in the seamsreferred to a cord enveloped in a narrow strip or band of a materialknown as enamel or rubber cloth, it

consisting of a body of cotton cloth treated and coated at one side tomake it black and give it a finish, and preferably make it water-proof,the black color preferably being such as to resemble the leather of theshoe.

My invention in shoes consists, essentially, in the combination,with theupper, of a corded welt-strip inserted in a seam thereof, substantiallyas will be described.

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Figure 1 in side elevation represents a shoe embodying my invention.Figs. 2 and 3, respectively, are sections in the line a: and x,- andFig. 4, an enlarged sectional detail of the corded welt.

The sole a, vamp b, and quarter-pieces c are and may be of usual shapeand material. In the heel'seam or in the vertical seam at the rear endof the shoe, and also, as herein shown, in the seam joining the vamp andquarter, I have placed a corded welt, d, consisting, preferably, of acord, 2, over which is wrapped or folded, as in Fig. 4, a strip ofindia-rubber or enamel cloth, 3, of substantially the color of thematerial of the boot or shoe and waterproof or water-repellent.

The corded welt referred to, stitched into the seam between thequarter-pieces, or between the vamp and quarterpiece, does not needhammering, blackiug, or rounding, and finishing, but presents at alltimes a finished appearance, and makes a very salable shoe at reducedcost.

I claim- 1. The combination, with an upper for boots or shoes having thevertical heel-seam therein joining the quarters, of a corded welt,substantial] y as described.

2. The combination, with the vamp and quarter-pieces, of. the cordedwelt-pieces inserted in the heel-scam and in the seams be tween the vampand quarter, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed myname to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE A. MAGKER.

WVitnesses:

WILLIAM J. MURPHY, IVM. N. DAVENPORT.

